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Trouble with it is the wolf did not attack the mother or the child (in a carriage)-

I guess dogs actually killing a person are just not interesting enough. How about this article from Treehugger (A Discovery Company)? The headline is “Wolf Attacks Mother Walking with Child in Sweden.” Notice how cleverly written it is to try to make it appear mother and child were almost eaten. “The clash between man and nature has claimed another victim, as two wolves converged on the path of a mother out walking with her child in Norrtälje, north of Stockholm.” [boldface mine]. The wolves converged on a “path.” They attacked the woman’s dog, not her or the baby. If there is a dog present, it always turns out wolves are interested in the dog, and yes, poor fluffy ” bought the farm.”

Most people don’t go beyond the headline and the lead. In the middle of the third paragraph, we finally learn that neither the women or the baby were threatened.

It’s always the dogs. Almost every one of these stories of wolves threatening humnas incidentally mentions that there was a dog accompanying the humans. People don’t seem to understand that wolves are obsessed with dogs, wolves hate dogs, wolves kill dogs. And yet, people continue to walk with their dogs in wolf country. Too bad there can’t be warning signs posted on all these paths and trails. I swear, there’s a story out of Alaska every few weeks just like this one. You’d think the Alaskans would eventually get the message..

Most people can’t image that when a big animal like a wolf sees them, it isn’t necessarily interested in them — not as food or anything else. How embarrassing that the wolves wanted to settle things with the dog, not the critters with it.

This reflects my own experience in our neighborhood, where a wolf was attracted to my dog’s barking. When I first went outside, I crouched down and saw a wolf approaching. When I stood up, the wolf recognized me as human and took off up the creek.

I often notice how experiences are interpreted through our own belief systems. For example, the snowmobiler who had to overnight in a tree well was “surrounded” by wolves “circling” him – a wolf supporter would probably describe this as curiosity and enjoy the experience.

Two days ago a young man walking his dog to get his morning paper encountered a wolf in the same area. The wolf approached him and when he was only two meters away, the young man threw the newspaper at him and shouted. The wolf jumped to the other side of the ditch, but he didn’t run away, and stood instead and just glared at the dog and the man.
I live in Stockholm and frequently visit Riala where this happened. What is interesting and worthwhile to note, is that the pack of six wolves to which these two wolves belong, is a very new pack, and their territory is very new as well. This is by far the closest wolf territory to the Swedish capital, and although it is farmland woods, I think it’s much more dense population-wise than other territories of Swedish wolf packs. The reason these wolves are becoming bold could be that they’re getting used to seeing so many humans, so that they’re loosing their natural fear of humans. I myself have encountered a lone wolf in the capital Stockholm while jogging one late night many years ago. He or she stood about two meters away from me and just glared at me until I calmly walked away – nothing more happened.

Yes, that is the case in most areas with relatively lot of wolves. In the case of the Riala wolves, what could happen is that they will get used to eating dogs, and will find that it’s an easier prey than the wild animals they normally prey on. This would not be a good thing, as it could create a lot of anti-wolf sentiments among the locals.